State grants go to UW, WSU research projects

The Washington Technology Center is providing $512,269 to seven projects that combine university research and commercial enterprises. The research and technology development grants, part of a state program, are designed to foster collaboration between industry and non-profit researchers.

CHROMiX, a Seattle-based provider of color management software, is collaborating with the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering to improve an online color management profiling service for high-end imaging customers. Funding: $19,999.

EKOS Corporation, a Bothell-based medical device company, is teamed with the University of Washington Department of Chemical Engineering to improve the company’s proprietary catheter-based drug-delivery system. Funding: $30,000.

Healionics Corporation, a start-up biomaterials company in Redmond, is partnered with the University of Washington Department of Medicine to commercialize technology that will reduce infection from skin-breaching devices such as catheters. Funding: $82,500.

Hummingbird Scientific, a developer of microscopy products located in Lacey, Washington, is partnered with the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering to develop a system for nanoscale imaging of materials in fluid environments. Funding: $100,000.

Impulse Accelerated Technologies, Inc., a Kirkland-based developer of software-to-hardware tools, is working with the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering to create a research and development tool for the medical image processing community. Funding: $100,000.

Northstar Neuroscience, Inc., a Seattle-based medical device company, is partnered with the University of Washington Department of Physiology & Biophysics to further research and develop cortical stimulation as a form of therapy for stroke survivors. Funding: $79,992.

Plant Care Technologies Corporation, a start-up nursery bioproducts company located in Pullman, is partnered with the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory at Washington State University to study the commercial feasibility of using heat treated waste-wood products as an alternative to traditional plant growing media. Funding: $99,778.